Device for supporting and giving vibrating motion to hose-pipes



(No Model.)

H.l G. COLLINS. DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING ANDv GIVING VIBRATING M-OIION'TO HOSE- PIPES.-

llntrnn @rares HARRY (".COl.l1lNS,

Parent firmen,

OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING AND GIVING VIBRATING MOTION TO HOSE-PIPES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,611, dated .Tanuary 1, 1889.`

Application filed April 23,1888. Serial No. 271,533. (No model.)

To all tz'mnt it may cm1/cern,.-

Be it known that l, HARRY C. COLLINS, a citizen of the United Stat-cs, residing` at Springfield, in. the county of Hampden and State of lliassacluisetts, have invented newand useful Improvements in Devices for Sup porting and Giving Yibratory Motions to Hose-Pipes, of which the following is a spect iicaticn.

This invention relates t o lniisepipe supporting and operating devices, the object being to provide improved means for supporting a hose-pipe and the end. of a hose connected thereto in an elevated position bythe side of a building to be used in the case of a fire in the latter, and whereby said hose-pipc is held in a position substantially opposite the high windows of said building, and may, by the devices hereinafter described, have its delivery end elevated or depressed or moved laterally by devices which are operated from the ground, whereby the current of water is directed by the operator to such point as may be demanded by the position of the lire; and the invention consists -in the peculiar construction and arrangement of the hosepipe supporting' and operatin g devices, all as hereinafter fully described, and pointed outin the claims.

ln the drawin fcrinin part of this speciiication, Figure 1 is a front elevation, partly in section, of hose-pipe supporting and operating devices constructed according to my invention, the upper ends of the supportingfranle being shown broken off. Fig. 2 is an edge view of said device, one of the side rails of the frame being removed to more clearly show the details of the construction. Fig. 3 is a plan view, partly in section, looking downward onto the upper end of thc frame and the devices thereto attached, the upper shaft of t-he frame in this ligure having its center portion broken away.

In the drawings, 2 indicate the side rails or posts of a frame united. by cross-hars or rungs 3, the latter being rigidly attached to said side rails. The said frame is illustrated in the drawings in the general form of a lad der, that being the preferable one, but not necessarily so, since the frame construction referred to is one which shall be of sufficient height to support a hose-pipe and the end of a hose at. suliicientl elevation to bring the hose-pipe into proximity to the higher part of buildings, and its side rails shall be so united as to provide am plesupports forcertain rockshafts, which are a part of the operating devices, as below described. When, however, the device is constructed in ladder form, shown, it serves the double purpose of providing a support for said hose-pipe and operating devices and, for providing means whereby, if desired, iii-einen may ascend to the said higher parts of a building thereon.

Near the upper end of the frame consisting' of said side rails and uniting-bars is hung a horizontal rock-shaft, l, in suitable bearings in said side rails, as shown in Fig. 1, said rock-shaft being preferably of metal, either tubular or solid, and having secured thereto a metallic yoke, 5. An auxiliary shaft, 7, standing at right angles to shaft Ll, and having suitable bearings in said shaft 41 and in the yoke carried thereby; is adapted to have a rocking motion in substantially a vertical plane. .A tube, G, having each end screwthreaded, as shown, is rigidly secured to said shaft 7, and on the latter-named shaft is fixed a pulley, 8. At one end of said rock-shaft 4 two metallic guidebooks, 9, are hung on said shaft 11, and near its opposite end is fixed thereon a pulley or sprocketnvheel.

Near the lower end of said frame are hung in suitable bearings, one above the other, two other rock-shafts, 12 and 13, each of which is provided with a turning-bar, le, whereby a suitable rocking motion is applied thereto. Said shaft 12 has fixed thereon near one end a pulley, 15, and on said shaft 13 is fixed a pulley or sprocket-wheel, 1G. Connection is made between said rock-shaft 13 and the upper roclcsliaft, L1-, preferably, by a drive-chain, 17, passing over the said pulleys or wheels thereon, and connection is made between the shaft '7, to which the tube 6 is attached, by a suitable cord or rope, 18, metallic or otherwise, which has its ends secured to the pulleys S and 15, said cord or rope 18 passing through said guidebooks 9, whereby its direction is changed from a vertical to a horizontal one, and vice versa, in passing' from the rock-shaft near the lower en d of the frame to the pulley 8, hung'between said rock-shaft 4 and the yoke One end of said tube 6 is adapted to have the hose-nozzle, 10, screwed thereto and to have a hose, 20, connected to its opposite end by a suitable coupling'.

Fig'. 3 is taken about on line y y, Fig. 1, and Fig'. 2 about online :r x, same ligure.`

The operation of the above-described hosepipe supporting and operating' devices is as follows: Then the devices are not in use at a tire, it is preferable that the hose-pipe 19 be not attached thereto, in order that it may not be injured or the parts to which it is connected be deranged while handling' the machine to transport it to the place where it is to be used, and therefore prior to elevating the machine by the side of a building' said hose-pipe screwed onto one end of said pipe G in the position shown in Fig. 2, and to the opposite end of pipe 0 one end of a hose, 20, is connected, the latter having' any suitable connection. with a hydrant or steam lireengine, and the machine having been suitably placed and supported by the side of a building' an operator takes his place atthe foot of the machine, and, seizing' the operating-bars 14, he turns the rock-shafts 12 and 13 to impart a rocking' motion to the upper shaft, l, and to the shaft 7 attached thereto, and by said rocking motion of the shaft 1.3 the end of the'hose-p'ipe 1,9 is caused to swing' substantially within a circle vertically, (indicated by the dotted line a, Fig. 2,) taking' the position alternately, as the case may be, pointing' upward or downward in the directions indicated by the lines c d in lsaid ligure, and by said rocking' motion of the shaft 12 the shaft 7 is caused to rock and thereby to swing' the end of the hose-pipe 19 laterally to substantially thepositions indicated bythe lines c e, Fig'. 3, and intermed'iately thereof. By means of the above-described devices, whereby the hosepipe 19 is capable of being' manipulated so that it can be brought to point upward and downward and toward either side of the machine, every required facility is afforded to enable asingle operator to fully control the direction of the stream of water and cause the latter to bc applied where most needed, thus serving' to more quickly extinguish the lire and effecting an essential economy in the use of water at a lire and in the labor required as ordinarily practiced for holding' and directing' a hose-pipe, two or more men generally being' required for that service.

Since it requires but a slight rocking' motion of the shaft 1.2 to swing' the hose-pipe 19 to the extreme lateral direction. indicated by the lines e in Fig. 3, the ends of the cord 1S, connecting the pulley 15 on said rock-shaft with the pulley S on shaft 7, are secured to said pulleys, as shown, as thereby a ,more positive motion of the parts is obtained than would be if said cord simply passed around said pulleys, and the same arrangement of cords and pulleys may be appliedto 'the pulleys 16 and 10, respectively, on the rock-shafts 13 and 4, in place of the drive-chain and sprocket-,wheels there shown, if desired; or

other suitable means may be employed .for producing coinciding' rocking' motions in the shafts 13 and 4 and 12 and 7, whereby the end of the hose-pipe 19 shall be infallilily directed as desired by the operator and have the requisite vertical and latei'ally-vibratory motions iinparted thereto, and the hose-pipe supported by the shafts 4 and 7 may be manipulated by a man standing' on the bar 3 without employing' the cord or chain 17 and 13.

It is obvious that the operative effect of the within-described devices would be the same were the hose-pipe 19 directly connected to the shaft 7 and adapted to have the hose 2O coupled directly thereto instead of interposing' the tube C between thehose-coupling' and the hose-pipe; but the machine can be more safely handled when con strueted as described and shown; an d, furthermore, it will be clearly understood from the above description that the device provides for imparting' the abovementioned l1orizontally-vibratory motion to the hose-pipe entirely independent of the devices which are employed to impart the said vertically-vibratory motion thereto, and vice versa.

lf desired, the lower rock-shafts, 12 and 13, may be omitted and the shafts 4 and 7 be operated by simply pulling on the cord 1S and chain or cord 17.

lVhat I claim as my invention is- 1. Devices for supporting' and imparting' vertical and horizontal vibratory motions to a hose-pipe, consisting' of a horizontal rockshaft, at, having' an auxiliary shaft, 7, supported thereon at right angles to the axis of said rock-shaft, a hose-pipe attached to said auxiliary shaft, a movable frame, substantially as described, in which said horizontal shaft is supported, and two other rock-shafts, 12 and 13, supported in said frame having' cord-connections, substantially as described, respectively with said auxiliary shaft and said shaft i, whereby the hose-pipe-supporting' shafts i and 7 have rocking motions in horizontal and vertical planes imparted thereto, combined an d operating' substantially as set forth. l

2. Thehorizontal rock-shaft 4:,provided with a pulley, 10, and having' an auxiliary shaft, 7, supported thereon at right angles to the -axis of said rock-shaft, a hose-pipe attached to said auxiliary shaft, a frame, substantially as described, in which said horizontal shaft is supported, and a pending cord or chain connected with said pulley, combined and operating substantially as described.

o. hehorizontal shafti, havingan auxiliary shaft, 7, having a pulley, 8, thereon, supported -on said shaft 4 at right angles thereto, a hose- IOO on said roclvshaft and having a pulley, S, thereon, the tube G, rigidly attached to said shaft 7 and having its ends screw-threaded, a frame, substantially as described, in which said rock-shaft is supported, and the two rock-shafts 12 and 13, havingl bearings in said frame and cord-and-pulley connections, substantially as described, with said shafts 1 and 7, substantially as set forth.

5 In combination, the rock-shaft 4, having a pulley, 10, thereon, the shaft 7, supported on said rock-Shaft and having a pulley, S, thereon, the tube G, rigidly attached to said shaft 7 and having` its ends screw-threaded, a hose-pipe and a hose connected to the opposite ends of said tube, frame, substantially as described, in which said rock-shaft is sup-4 HARRY (I. COLLINS.

Titnessesz G. M. CHAMBERLAIN, II. A. CHAPIN. 

